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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice
of proposed rulemaking by crossreference to temporary regulations and
notice of public hearing (REG–138707–
06) that appeared in the Federal
Register on Monday, June 25, 2007 (72
FR 34650), announced that a public
hearing was scheduled for October 24,
2007, at 10 a.m. in the IRS Auditorium,
Internal Revenue Service, 1111
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC. The subject of the public hearing is
under section 883 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
The public comment period for these
regulations expired on September 24,
2007. The notice of proposed
rulemaking by cross-reference to
temporary regulations and notice of
public hearing instructed those
interested in testifying at the public
hearing to submit a request to speak and
an outline of the topics to be addressed
by September 24, 2007. As of September
28, 2007, no one has requested to speak
and therefore, the public hearing
scheduled for October 24, 2007, is
cancelled.
LaNita VanDyke,
Branch Chief, Publications and Regulations
Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate
Chief Counsel (Procedure and
Administration).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
30 CFR Parts 780, 784, 816, and 817
[Docket Number OSM–2007–0007]
RIN 1029–AC04
Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and
Buffers for Waters of the United States
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public
hearings and extension of comment
period.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM), are announcing a 30-day
extension of the comment period on a
proposed rule published in the August
24, 2007, Federal Register and the
accompanying draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS). This notice
also provides notice of the dates and
locations for the public hearings that we
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will hold on the proposed rule and
DEIS. The proposed rule concerns buffer
zones, stream diversions, siltation
structures, impoundments, and the
creation and disposal of excess spoil
and coal mine waste.
DATES: We will accept written
comments on the proposed rule and
DEIS on or before November 23, 2007.
We will hold public hearings on the
proposed rule and DEIS on October 24,
2007, at the locations listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments by
one of the methods listed below. We
cannot guarantee that comments
submitted by other means or to other
addresses will be included in the docket
for this rulemaking.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. The proposed rule
and DEIS are listed under the agency
name ‘‘Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.’’ The
proposed rule has been assigned Docket
ID: OSM–2007–0007. The DEIS has been
assigned Docket ID: OSM–2007–0008.
If you would like to submit comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal,
go to www.regulations.gov and do the
following. Find the blue banner with the
words ‘‘Search Documents’’ and go to
‘‘Optional Step 2.’’ Select ‘‘Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement’’ from the agency dropdown menu, then click the ‘‘Submit’’
button at the bottom of the page. The
next screen will have the title
‘‘Document Search Results.’’ The
proposed rule is listed under the Docket
ID as OSM–2007–0007. If you click on
OSM–2007–0007, you can view the
proposed rule, add comments, and view
comments submitted by other persons.
The DEIS is listed under the Docket ID
as OSM–2007–0008. If you click on
OSM–2007–0008, you can view the
DEIS, add comments, and view
comments submitted by other persons.
• Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier: Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, Administrative Record,
Room 252 SIB, 1951 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Reviewing a Copy of the DEIS
You may review the DEIS at any of
the public libraries listed in the notice
of availability published in the Federal
Register on August 24, 2007 (72 FR
48678–48679) or at the following
locations:
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, Administrative
Record, Room 101 SIB, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW.,
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Washington, DC 20240, 202–208–
4264
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, Appalachian
Regional Office, Three Parkway
Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, 412–
937–2909
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, Mid-Continent
Regional Office, Alton Federal
Building, 501 Belle Street, Room 216,
Alton, IL 62002, 618–463–6460
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, Western Regional
Office, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320,
Denver, CO 80201–6667, 303–844–
1401
Public Hearing Locations
See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice for the addresses
at which we will hold public hearings
on the proposed rule and DEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis G. Rice, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20240. Telephone: 202–208–2829.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
24, 2007 (72 FR 48890), we published a
proposed rule proposing to amend our
regulations concerning stream buffer
zones, stream diversions, siltation
structures, impoundments, and the
creation and disposal of excess spoil
and coal mine waste. Among other
things, this proposed rule would require
that surface coal mining operations be
designed to minimize the creation of
excess spoil and the adverse
environmental impacts of fills
constructed to dispose of excess spoil
and coal mine waste. It would apply the
buffer requirement to all waters of the
United States, not just perennial and
intermittent streams. The rule would
clearly specify the activities to which
that requirement does and does not
apply and the limitations on conducting
activities within the buffer, either under
a variance or an exception. It also would
specify requirements to protect aquatic
and other resources when an activity is
conducted under either a variance or an
exception.
The comment period on the proposed
rule and the DEIS was scheduled to
close October 23, 2007. However, we
received numerous requests to extend
the comment period. After reviewing
the requests, we are extending the
deadline for submission of comments by
30 days. The comment period for both
the proposed rule and the DEIS will
now close November 23, 2007.
We also received numerous requests
to hold public hearings on the proposed
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rule and DEIS. After reviewing the
requests, we have decided to hold four
public hearings on October 24, 2007, at
the following locations:
• Holiday Inn Charleston (Charleston
House), 600 Kanawha Boulevard East,
Charleston, West Virginia.
• Hazard Community & Technical
College, Hazard Campus, Jolly Center,
Room 208, One Community College
Drive, Hazard, Kentucky.
• Pellissippi State Technical
Community College, Goins Auditorium,
10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville,
Tennessee.
• Ramada Inn Washington, 1170 West
Chestnut Street, Washington,
Pennsylvania.
All hearings are scheduled to begin at
6 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. They will be
open to anyone who would like to
attend or testify. If you do not sign up
to testify initially, but later decide that
you wish to do so, you will be allowed
to testify after all scheduled speakers
have finished.
The primary purpose of the hearings
is to obtain input on the proposed rule
and DEIS. A public hearing is not an
adversarial process. Therefore, we
encourage you to limit your testimony
to the merits of the provisions of the
proposed rule and DEIS.
At the hearing, a court reporter will
record and make a written record of the
statements presented. This written
record will be made part of the docket
for the rule. If you have a written copy
of your testimony, we encourage you to
provide a copy to assist the court
reporter in preparing the written record.
Please do not feel intimidated by either
the reporter or the formal structure of
the hearing.
If you are a disabled individual who
needs reasonable accommodation to
attend a public hearing, please contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: October 1, 2007.
Foster L. Wade,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and
Minerals Management.
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POSTAL SERVICE
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39 CFR Part 111
New Address Requirements for
Automation, Presorted, and Carrier
Route Rate Letters
Postal Service.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes
new type size and spacing requirements
for delivery addresses on all
automation, presorted, and carrier route
rate letters.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before December 10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written
comments to the Manager, Mailing
Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 3436,
Washington, DC 20260–3436. You may
inspect and photocopy all written
comments at Postal Service
Headquarters Library, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza, SW., 11th Floor N, Washington,
DC between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Witt, 202–268–7279.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are
proposing revisions to the address
standards for letter-size pieces mailed at
automation, presorted, or carrier route
rates. Under the new standards, all
letters mailed at discount rates must be
addressed using a minimum of 8–point
type. In addition, for automation rate
letters, the lines and the characters in
the address must not touch or overlap,
and each element on the address line
may be separated by no more than three
blank character spaces.
We are proposing these changes to
improve address readability for our
high-speed processing systems and for
our letter carriers during delivery.
Legible, standardized address
information enhances the processing
and delivery of mail, reduces
undeliverable-as-addressed mail, and
provides mutual cost reduction
opportunities through improved
efficiency. We can better ensure
effective, accurate, and timely delivery
when letter carriers receive mailpieces
clearly addressed in a readable format.
Many postal processing systems rely
on optical character readers that require
standardized, high-quality addresses for
efficient processing. Even barcoded
pieces must include a readable address
for systems like the Postal Automated
Redirection System (PARS). PARS relies
on the printed address to identify and
redirect forwardable mail during
processing, and pieces read by PARS are
instantly routed to their new address for
the most efficient delivery.
We recently proposed similar address
requirements for flat-size mail in
preparation for the new Flats
Sequencing System technology. These
revisions for letters will further promote
consistent addressing for both letters
and flats and ensure that address
standards are met when letters are used
as label carriers for flat-size pieces.
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To mitigate the larger type size
requirements in the address block, we
are looking at ways to shorten optional
endorsement lines and allow mailers to
place mailer-specified information (such
as customer numbers) to the left of the
optional endorsement line when
OneCode ACS is used. We are also
planning to reduce the amount of clear
space required under the Intelligent
Mail barcode. We will publish these
changes in a future revision.
Mailers can also take advantage of the
Intelligent Mail barcode to save valuable
space on letter-size pieces. One
Intelligent Mail barcode can include all
tracking and routing information,
including ACS and CONFIRM, for that
mailpiece. For other ways to reduce
address block size, we encourage
mailers to refer to Publication 28, Postal
Addressing Standards (available on
Postal Explorer at pe.usps.com; click on
‘‘Address Quality’’ in the left frame,
then ‘‘Address Management
Publications’’). Publication 28 also
provides tips and best practices to help
mailers address all of their mailpieces
successfully.
Although we are exempt from the
notice and comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C.
553(b), (c)] regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), we
invite public comments on the
following proposed revisions to Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM),
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 111—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–
3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), as follows:
200
Discount Mail: Letters and Cards
*
*
*
*
*
202 Elements on the Face of a
Mailpiece
1.0
*
All Mailpieces
*
*
*
*
[Revise 1.2 as follows:]
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57504-57505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19961]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
30 CFR Parts 780, 784, 816, and 817
[Docket Number OSM-2007-0007]
RIN 1029-AC04
Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and Buffers for Waters of the
United States
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearings and extension of
comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM), are announcing a 30-day extension of the comment period on a
proposed rule published in the August 24, 2007, Federal Register and
the accompanying draft environmental impact statement (DEIS). This
notice also provides notice of the dates and locations for the public
hearings that we will hold on the proposed rule and DEIS. The proposed
rule concerns buffer zones, stream diversions, siltation structures,
impoundments, and the creation and disposal of excess spoil and coal
mine waste.
DATES: We will accept written comments on the proposed rule and DEIS on
or before November 23, 2007. We will hold public hearings on the
proposed rule and DEIS on October 24, 2007, at the locations listed in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments by one of the methods listed below.
We cannot guarantee that comments submitted by other means or to other
addresses will be included in the docket for this rulemaking.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
The proposed rule and DEIS are listed under the agency name ``Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.'' The proposed rule has
been assigned Docket ID: OSM-2007-0007. The DEIS has been assigned
Docket ID: OSM-2007-0008.
If you would like to submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, go to www.regulations.gov and do the following.
Find the blue banner with the words ``Search Documents'' and go to
``Optional Step 2.'' Select ``Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement'' from the agency drop-down menu, then click the ``Submit''
button at the bottom of the page. The next screen will have the title
``Document Search Results.'' The proposed rule is listed under the
Docket ID as OSM-2007-0007. If you click on OSM-2007-0007, you can view
the proposed rule, add comments, and view comments submitted by other
persons. The DEIS is listed under the Docket ID as OSM-2007-0008. If
you click on OSM-2007-0008, you can view the DEIS, add comments, and
view comments submitted by other persons.
Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier: Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Administrative Record, Room 252 SIB, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Reviewing a Copy of the DEIS
You may review the DEIS at any of the public libraries listed in
the notice of availability published in the Federal Register on August
24, 2007 (72 FR 48678-48679) or at the following locations:
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Administrative
Record, Room 101 SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20240, 202-208-4264
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Appalachian
Regional Office, Three Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, 412-937-
2909
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Mid-Continent
Regional Office, Alton Federal Building, 501 Belle Street, Room 216,
Alton, IL 62002, 618-463-6460
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Western Regional
Office, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, CO 80201-6667, 303-844-1401
Public Hearing Locations
See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for the
addresses at which we will hold public hearings on the proposed rule
and DEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis G. Rice, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior,
1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: 202-
208-2829.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 24, 2007 (72 FR 48890), we
published a proposed rule proposing to amend our regulations concerning
stream buffer zones, stream diversions, siltation structures,
impoundments, and the creation and disposal of excess spoil and coal
mine waste. Among other things, this proposed rule would require that
surface coal mining operations be designed to minimize the creation of
excess spoil and the adverse environmental impacts of fills constructed
to dispose of excess spoil and coal mine waste. It would apply the
buffer requirement to all waters of the United States, not just
perennial and intermittent streams. The rule would clearly specify the
activities to which that requirement does and does not apply and the
limitations on conducting activities within the buffer, either under a
variance or an exception. It also would specify requirements to protect
aquatic and other resources when an activity is conducted under either
a variance or an exception.
The comment period on the proposed rule and the DEIS was scheduled
to close October 23, 2007. However, we received numerous requests to
extend the comment period. After reviewing the requests, we are
extending the deadline for submission of comments by 30 days. The
comment period for both the proposed rule and the DEIS will now close
November 23, 2007.
We also received numerous requests to hold public hearings on the
proposed
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rule and DEIS. After reviewing the requests, we have decided to hold
four public hearings on October 24, 2007, at the following locations:
Holiday Inn Charleston (Charleston House), 600 Kanawha
Boulevard East, Charleston, West Virginia.
Hazard Community & Technical College, Hazard Campus, Jolly
Center, Room 208, One Community College Drive, Hazard, Kentucky.
Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Goins
Auditorium, 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Ramada Inn Washington, 1170 West Chestnut Street,
Washington, Pennsylvania.
All hearings are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and end at 9 p.m.
They will be open to anyone who would like to attend or testify. If you
do not sign up to testify initially, but later decide that you wish to
do so, you will be allowed to testify after all scheduled speakers have
finished.
The primary purpose of the hearings is to obtain input on the
proposed rule and DEIS. A public hearing is not an adversarial process.
Therefore, we encourage you to limit your testimony to the merits of
the provisions of the proposed rule and DEIS.
At the hearing, a court reporter will record and make a written
record of the statements presented. This written record will be made
part of the docket for the rule. If you have a written copy of your
testimony, we encourage you to provide a copy to assist the court
reporter in preparing the written record. Please do not feel
intimidated by either the reporter or the formal structure of the
hearing.
If you are a disabled individual who needs reasonable accommodation
to attend a public hearing, please contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: October 1, 2007.
Foster L. Wade,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E7-19961 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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